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MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.

Nfcknblvbl posted:

I tried this game over the weekend, only deathmatch in US East, Every game was Q3DM6, the abilities are meh.

It's a Quake game alright, but definitely doesn't feel different except for the stupid gimmicks each champion has.

Sounds like you had a bad group.

DM6 and Sarnath are by far the best and most popular maps. Burial chamber is very rail heavy so if you see heavy voting for this you can be sure the other team is good at it's rails. It's way too easy to lock down and then pummel someone into the ground. Lockbox is fun, but it doesn't run well for many people and the "gimmicks" aka the toilet bowl, top tower, trap floor can devolve rapidly as well.

The champions gimmicks are really kinda silly. The only problematic one is really the vomit which is spammish and broken. However most of the better players are rocking nx/slash/anarki with the odd ranger and visor. Of those the only obnoxious gimmick is nyx. For the most part this isn't an issue unless you get stuck in a game with a lot of vomit spam (which is worse on DM6 than any other level) or are playing against a nyx that outclasses you can just run away if you manage to light her up.

Love Stole the Day posted:

I'm so sorry dude but I didn't save the screenshot :c I just hit the button but forgot to alt-tab to mspaint afterward. :negative:

Noooooo!!!!!! I use nvidias option, saves to a folder with one button.

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Nfcknblvbl
Jul 15, 2002

I didn't play TDM, it was FFA. Maybe I'll give it a try next time I play.

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.
I'll be on for a good bit tomorrow and sat playing.

Cabbages and VHS
Aug 25, 2004

Listen, I've been around a bit, you know, and I thought I'd seen some creepy things go on in the movie business, but I really have to say this is the most disgusting thing that's ever happened to me.
I am getting back into this after a few weeks away... and now with a 27" 2k 144hz monitor and a 1080GTX. Is anyone still playing?

Social Animal
Nov 1, 2005

Well the latest patch broke the game for me. It just randomly crashes in the menus and stuff otherwise yeah I would be playing.

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004
Quake Champions Enters Steam Early Access on the 22nd. The Early Access "Champion's Pack" will be $30 and include permanent unlocks of all champions (including all future ones), an exclusive Ranger skin, and three Reliquaries. The free-to-play version of the game will be released later, but if you have a beta key you can keep playing for free via the awful Bethesda launcher just fine.

The Early Access release will add two new maps, Rune Challenges found in backpacks, a weird "lore item" system that basically gives you a chance at a special skin if you smash up vases, better tutorial stuff, in-game voice chat... oh, and the return of an old friend.

Yodzilla
Apr 29, 2005

Now who looks even dumber?

Beef Witch
I really, really hope he doesn't talk outside of grunts and screams.

A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006

Yodzilla posted:

I really, really hope he doesn't talk outside of grunts and screams.

I will accept the full comedy option as well, but no in-between.

fadam
Apr 23, 2008

Any news if there are rewards for beta players?

Amebx
Aug 6, 2007

i'm a shark!!! i'm a SHAAAARK!! suck my diick!! I'M A SHAAARK!!

Yodzilla posted:

I really, really hope he doesn't talk outside of grunts and screams.

RIP AND TEAR! HUGE GUTS!

A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006

Amebx posted:

RIP AND TEAR! HUGE GUTS!

An extended monologue when taking environmental damage from toxic sludge.

cougar cub
Jun 28, 2004

Really curious to see what the steam player count is. Right guy now I'd bet that lawbreakers will be higher.

fadam
Apr 23, 2008

What champions do the pro-Quaker people play? How do they feel about my boy BJ?

giogadi
Oct 27, 2009

Just played my first Duel - I'm shocked that I actually won! Every time I tried to dip my toe into dueling in QL I'd get obliterated, which was fun too. I was assuming that everyone playing QC was already a crusty old pro at QL, but it looks like there's a nice influx of newbies for QC. Also, after playing a match of Duel I don't know if I can go back to DM, it's really addictive.

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.

Tim Raines IRL posted:

I am getting back into this after a few weeks away... and now with a 27" 2k 144hz monitor and a 1080GTX. Is anyone still playing?

There are still people, but the game slows down once the reset everything for a bit.

cougar cub posted:

Really curious to see what the steam player count is. Right guy now I'd bet that lawbreakers will be higher.

It needs more content and to quit resetting everyone.

fadam posted:

What champions do the pro-Quaker people play? How do they feel about my boy BJ?

Anarki and Slash mostly at the higher levels.

giogadi posted:

Just played my first Duel - I'm shocked that I actually won! Every time I tried to dip my toe into dueling in QL I'd get obliterated, which was fun too. I was assuming that everyone playing QC was already a crusty old pro at QL, but it looks like there's a nice influx of newbies for QC. Also, after playing a match of Duel I don't know if I can go back to DM, it's really addictive.

It's not just olds and a lot of the olds are TDM centric and duel changed a lot.

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
Neo duel loving sucks and killed any hype I had for this game

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.

Pomp posted:

Neo duel loving sucks and killed any hype I had for this game

They can always add the old one back. I think it makes sense to have this one as an option because Quake Duel can be the most one sided FPS stomp out there.

fadam
Apr 23, 2008

What are people's problems with the current 1v1 mode? The one friend I have who actually plays Quake seems pretty indifferent toward it.

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.

fadam posted:

What are people's problems with the current 1v1 mode? The one friend I have who actually plays Quake seems pretty indifferent toward it.

The entire pick three option dumbs it down and prevents the crazy sort of games you used to have. On the other hand it prevents turbo stomps of new players.

cougar cub
Jun 28, 2004

5 minutes to find and load a game which will take 2 minutes to complete when you get matched against someone lovely.

fadam
Apr 23, 2008

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYEcxEJlDzQ/

Heavy Metal
Sep 1, 2014

America's $1 Funnyman


Very cool, digging the classic versions there.

The Kins
Oct 2, 2004
The Early Access changelog was posted up:

quote:

On August 22, we will be launching Early Access, the next phase of Quake Champions!​ Below are the patch notes for the Early Access game update, including several fixes, improvements, and features, including the addition of a new Champion... the DOOM Slayer! As always, please let us know your feedback once the update goes live. We'll be sure to provide server status updates on our launcher, starting with the beginning of maintenance around 5am ET tomorrow. We anticipate maintenance lasting a few hours and will let you know as soon as the servers are live with the update. The launch of Quake Champions on Steam will also occur on August 22, shortly after the completion of the maintenance window.

See you in Early Access!

Features

New Champion: DOOM Slayer
  • Rip and Tear your way through enemies with the new DOOM Slayer Champion!
  • Active Ability – Berserk
    UAC REPORT FILE: D4NUVHA0: Test subjects exhibit extreme rage and increased strength. It has been noted that subjects will vent their rage on any living creature they can find, and will even self-harm if they have no outlet for their fury.
  • Passive Ability - Double Jump
    Pressing jump a second time while in the air will cause DOOM Slayer to jump again.

New Lore Scroll Feature
Earn unique Legendary Skins by discovering Lore Scrolls, hidden throughout each level!

New Rune Codex Feature
  • Get unique cosmetics by completing Rune Challenges!
  • Open backpacks to earn Runes
  • Complete the Rune’s challenge to earn a reward
  • Complete all Rune Challenges for a champion to earn a unique reward!

New Awesome Cosmetic Items
  • New Skins for each Champion!
  • Earn Lore Skins by collecting a Champion’s Lore Scrolls!
  • New Weapon Skins with special effects!
  • Many more vanity items!

Continuous Play
Following a match, players now migrate to a new Match Lobby to continue playing, unless they opt-out in favor of returning to the Main Menu.

New Maps

Church of Azathoth
New map available in Sacrifice, Team Deathmatch, and Deathmatch

Tempest Shrine
New map available in Sacrifice, Team Deathmatch, and Deathmatch


Onboarding – Training Map
  • Basic Movement training
  • Gunplay Overview
  • Shooting Gallery
  • Directional Input Display Hints & Speedometer options added to Game Settings

Expanded Weapon Skins
  • Q3 Gauntlet – “Pummel”
  • Q1 Nail Gun – “Oscillator”
  • Q1 Super Nail Gun – “Perforator”
  • DOOM Shotgun – “DOOM 2 Shotgun”
  • Q1 Lightning Gun – “Thunderbolt”
  • Q4 Nail Gun – “Constructor”
  • New Rocket Launcher - “QR3-LL”
  • Twitch Rocket Launcher
  • Exclusive QuakeCon 2017 Lightning Gun
    Log in any time during QuakeCon 2017 to receive this Lightning Gun skin! (August 24-27, 2017)

Weapon Shaders
Customize the appearance of your weapons.

Voice Chat
  • Added Voice Chat in team modes to improve communication amongst teammates.
  • Controls for Voice Chat volume and player muting included.

User Reporting
Backend improvements

Nameplates
New nameplate options!

Profile Icons
  • Special profile icons for our early access players!
  • New profile icons!
  • National Flag icons!

Shop
The shop is now open, check back often for new deals!

Spectating
  • HUD improvements
  • Overall polish

Twitch
Watch browser with top streams

Steam Functionality
Quake Champions Early Access is now on Steam! By getting the Champions Pack, you’ll now be able to play the game on Steam using your existing Bethesda.net account.

Fixed Issues:
Play Now Screen
Removed Tutorial Videos and Search Game from the Tutorial plate

Onboarding
Fixed issue when Watch Video button did not worked

Champions
  • Fixed an issue with Lightning Gun where Slash's head was immune to continuous Lighting Gun damage after the first tick
  • Fixed an issue where Anarki could interrupt his Injection Ability animation half way through it with any weapon fire
  • Fixed an issues with paint on Anarki skins
  • Fixed an issue where Clutch would point all weapons downward when jumping and shooting
  • Fixed an issue where the player saw part of the geometry when his Champion died
  • Fixed an issue where Scalebearer could not be damaged with the Lightning Gun and Railgun
  • Fixed an issue where Sorlag would fire throughout her Acid Spit animation
  • Ranger’s Mohawk vanity item temporarily unavailable
  • Fixed an issue with medals where Slash only earned the Ballet medal for kills with trail tick damage
  • Fixed an issue where Totems do not stop projectiles in first-person, but do in third-person

Customization
  • Various pip cameras issues are fixed
  • Vanity attachments added for various sets
  • Fixed various issues where shader did not stay applied on attachment

Maps
  • Fixed an issue when enemies spawned close to each other on Bloodrun
  • Fixed an issue where when using Dire Orb, Ranger could teleport inside the Obelisk on Lockbox
  • Fixed an issue on Burial Chamber where Obelisk A could float over the surface of floor
  • Fixed various issues where Ranger could teleport out of bounds
  • Fixed an issue in Corrupted Keep where the user was able to see through the upper wall by Rocket Jumping or teleporting
  • Hitboxes adjusted on small Champions and made bigger
  • Fixed an issue where players could teleport through geometry by shooting the Dire Orb in vases
  • Breakable urns have been placed in Lockbox, Blood Run, and Corrupted Keep.

UI
  • Fixed light flickering on Loot Box screen
  • Sacrifice: Added power-up control icons to left or right of team's obelisk icon to show which team possess the power-up.
  • Sacrifice: Added teammate heads at the top of the spectator HUD
  • Sacrifice: Added player names below Champion portraits. Added outline portrait with power-up color (magenta, green). Added yellow soul-glow if they have the soul.
  • Duel: Inactive and dead Champion portraits now smaller in relation to the current Champion.
  • Duel: Greater emphasis on the red X tint on dead Champions
  • Fixed an issue when "New item" indicators are not appearing consistently for unlocked items

Spectator
  • Max spectator cap is now set to 10 in Duel mode
  • Fixed an issue where the Party Separator appeared after 5 members join party instead of 4
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when the spectator switched pre-setup camera and player camera
  • Fixed an issue where the Toggle Spectator hint didn’t work
  • Fixed an issue where the random powerup timer showed incorrect icon

User Report
  • Fixed an issue with player reporting
  • Fixed an issue where ignored-user still had follow/invite buttons active
  • Added input section for the player being reported

Tech
  • Fixed DS crash that locked Play Now button at the end of previous game session
  • Fixed various crashes when opening Loot Boxes
  • Fixed a crash while voting
  • Various Memory leak fixes
  • Fixed issues when respawning: Dead Champion's bodies will sometimes snap to the user's respawn location
  • Fixed an issue where a user’s movement halts briefly when entering a jump-pad
  • Fixed an issue where a game may crash when exiting a match in progress.
  • Fixed an issue where Spectator players would crash if in free cam mode when all other players leave the match
  • Announcer for various languages integrated
  • Players can now close soft update warning pop-up
  • Various fixes when soft update didn’t work properly

Scoring System
  • Fixed an issue where the Medal for first place was given to incorrect player
  • Fixed an issue where the player couldn’t earn Slalom and Disintegrator medals

Miscellaneous
  • Fixed an issue when players saw the teammates marker only when their teammate was in his line of sight
  • Fixed an issue in Sacrifice where at the end of a round, the obelisk progress was canceled for a losing team
  • Fixed an issue where the old announcer was present during the “15 Frags Left” VO
  • Fixed an issue where incorrect set may drop from a Lootbox
  • Fixed an issue where the End of Match Podium screen appears empty
  • Fixed an issue where Slash’s Plasma Trail visually extends farther for the player placing it than for other players
  • Various localization fixes
  • Hero lighting on enemies at a distance now brighten to red rather than white, and teammates at a distance now brighten to blue.
  • Free floating camera to spawn at the current camera position
  • Removed respawn VFX

fadam
Apr 23, 2008

Ah poo poo did I miss a Twitch prime skin for the RL?

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.
Still waiting for it to drop! We get the Steam client as well....

maev
Dec 6, 2010
Economically illiterate Tory Boy Bollocks brain.
Keep away from children
I chose veteren skill level and simply can't find a game at all.:(

Essobie
Jan 31, 2003

WHAT? THIS IS MY REGULAR SPEAKING VOICE.
Is this better?

Early Access posted:

Continuous Play
Following a match, players now migrate to a new Match Lobby to continue playing, unless they opt-out in favor of returning to the Main Menu.

This might actually get me to boot this up again.

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.

maev posted:

I chose veteren skill level and simply can't find a game at all.:(

Solo or in a group? I'm jumping in now.

nerdrum
Aug 17, 2007

where am I
Doomguy IS VERY VERY FUN TO PLAY AS. Berserk after a double jump basically sends you downward at 200mph and it is incredible for over the head ambushes.

fadam
Apr 23, 2008

How do I get past the quad damage part of training? There's a big orb I can't damage and a locked door.

EDIT: If you're a moron like me and ignored the training text, you have to color coordinate your damage.

fadam fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Aug 23, 2017

Taintrunner
Apr 10, 2017

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
Just picked up the Steam EA pack and am having a lot of fun, haven't gamed like this since Unreal '99 back in my Junior High days.

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.
Come on discord, play as a group!

fadam
Apr 23, 2008

I get that there's a lot of stuff in this game that people dislike, but man even a damaged Quake is still a ton of fun. Quake might be the thing I love most that I'm worst at.

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.

fadam posted:

I get that there's a lot of stuff in this game that people dislike, but man even a damaged Quake is still a ton of fun. Quake might be the thing I love most that I'm worst at.

There's an intense feedback loop when things are going well that makes all the sucking worth it.

Uncle Kitchener
Nov 18, 2009

BALLSBALLSBALLSBALLS
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Once I get my awesome PC rig I'll jump into endless mode. Sounds super fun.

They priced the first pack pretty well.

rednecked_crake
Mar 17, 2012

srsly who wants to play this lamer?
Really understanding why people poo poo on the netcode now. I'm hitting shots on my end that either miss or do something like 15 splash damage when I've shot someone's feet.

Sdoots
Nov 3, 2013

I did this and could have stopped it, but nothing in nature ever follows a gaussian curve. Sure, they'll tell you that it does. They say that every five minutes someone dies in a car accident, but how often are there seven hundred and sixty one armless and legless corpses in one hangar?
I want to play this so loving much but apparently the networking issues are even worse now? What the gently caress?

MysteriousStranger
Mar 3, 2016
My "vacation" is a euphemism for war tourism in Ukraine for some "bloody work" to escape my boring techie job and family.

Ask me about my warcrimes.

Sdoots posted:

I want to play this so loving much but apparently the networking issues are even worse now? What the gently caress?

The issues got better all through the beta. By the end of it everything was butter for me. No lag, no latency, great hit detection, no complaints at all. Now it's rubber banding, delayed shots, wonky hit detection all over the place.

I'd give it a week or so because they did sort the beta out with time.

fadam
Apr 23, 2008

Apparently there's still problems with air rockets doing zero damage.

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cougar cub
Jun 28, 2004

Not in top 100 - DOA?

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

Edit - better URL - https://steamdb.info/graph/

Peaked at just over 1000 players which beat out lawbreaker's 750 and quakelive's 663. That's better than I thought it would be - silver linings and all that.

cougar cub fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Aug 23, 2017

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